Pocket match-safe.



J. MAST.

POCKET MATCH SAFE. APPLICATION IILBD' JULY 28, 1913.

1 ,09 1 ,070, Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

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JOSEPH MAST, or MIAMI, ARIZONA.

POCKET MATCH-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 28, 1913.

I Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 781,702.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OSEPH MAST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Miami, in the county of Gila and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Match-Safes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to special receptacles and packages, and more especially to match safes; and the object of the same is to provide a pocket match safe which serves as a wind guard to prevent the blowing out of the match while lighting a cigar or cigarette.

A further object is to provide a match consists in the specific details of construe-i tion hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of this device in closed position ready for insertion into the pocket; Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view thereof, showing a match in the act of igniting a cigar; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a detail of the closure.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the outer wall or casing of this match safe, which is of metal and preferably tubular, and the numeral 2 designates a band secured within its open upper end or mouth 3 so as to form an exterior shoulder 4. The numeral 5 designates the inner wall or barrel, also made of a short piece of metal tubing co-axial with the casing 1 and connected at its lower end thereto by means of an annular metallic ring forming the lower end 6 of the receptacle. This leaves an annular match chamber 7 between the two walls, closed at its lower end and open at its upper end; and a tubular bore 8 throughout the length of the inner wall or barrel 3.

The closure for this device comprises a short tube section 10, preferably of the same size and material as the casingl, and adapted to rest at its lower end around the-band 2 and upon the shoulder 4; and a funnel 11 whose larger upper end is connected with the upper end of the tube section 10 and whose smaller lower end projects down into the upper end of the bore 8 of the barrel 5 and is slitted so as to produce tongues 12 which are sprung outward slightly as best seen 1n Fig. 4, the wall of this funnel resting on the upper end of the barrel as at 18 when the parts are assembled as best seen in Fig. 2. Any suitable cover 14 may be provided for the upper end of the closure, or, in fact, the cover might be omitted if desired. However, I have shown it as pivoted at 15 to one side of the funnel and having a knob 16 at the other side. When the cover is closed and the closure in place, this end of the entire device is sealed to the entrance of dust or the escape of matches; and the lower end 6 closes the other end of the device except for the open lower end of the barrel 5. Through both walls at registering points on one side of the device are perforations 16,

and these walls are connected on either side of the series of perforations by radial walls 17 as best seen in Fig. 3.

All parts of the device are by preference of metal, although it is intended that the bore 8 of the barrel 5 shall be lined with asbestos as at 19. The size, proportion of parts and the finish, as well as the optional cover and its manner of mounting, may be left entirely to the manufacturer.

In use, the closure is removed and the an nular chamber 7 filled with matches as seen in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3, care being taken to put no match between the radial walls 17 I would advise even that the heads of the matches be placed downward as shown in Fig. 2. The closure is then restored to position, and the cover 14: closed, if a cover be used. The article can now be carried with safety in the pocket.

While I have spoken of the walls as concentric and preferably cylindric, it is quite possible that they could be of other contour as will be understood.

WVhen now the user desires to light a cigar or cigarette, he removes the closure from the body, withdraws a match from the chamher 7, restores the closure and turns aside its cover as shownin Fig. 1, inserts his cigar or cigarette G in the lower end of the bore 5, and forces the head of the match M into the funnel 11 and through the tongues 12 at the small end thereof. This ignites the match as it passes said spring tongues, and the flame burns within the bore 8 as the per forations 16 permit, the flame of course coming in contact with the end of the cigar or cigarette as indicated, so that a light is effected.

It willbe found possible to light a cigar with this device While the wind is blowing quite a breeze, or while the user is traveling rapidly as in an automobile, and by experiment I have discovered that one can light a cigar in the dark without being seen. So that my improved match safe is useful in times of bad weather, when the user is riding in an automobile or carriage, or at times when it may be that he would not care to be discovered striking a match.

Having effected a light, the burnt out match is withdrawn from the funnel and thrown aside and the cover 14L turned to its closed position so that the device stands as shown in Fig. 1 and can be restored to the pocket.

It is of course quite possible to build this device without the annular chamber for matches and carry the latter elsewhere; this feature need not be amplified, nor need I more than suggest that the device might be provided with a cigar cutter and with other attachments and details which form 110 part of the present invention. In any event the tubular bore 8 is useful in another way. That is to say, it often occurs that cigar smokers are forced to enter a place (such as a street car) where smoking is not per mitted. Assuming that the cigar is a good one and has just been lighted, I find that it is quite possible for the user to take the device from his pocket and slip it over the end of the cigar so that the light thereof passes into the bore 8 within the asbestos lining 19, and the entire article with the cigar in it is then replaced in the pocket, after which in time the cigar goes out and the clothing will not be injured. For this purpose I would make the size of the bore suliicient to contain the ordinary cigar, although obviously my improved match safe might be ma dein another smaller size for cigarettes and the like.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a match safe of the class described, the combination with outer and inner concentric walls having registering perforations along one side, radialwalls at opposite sides ofthe series of perforations, and a ring connecting the lower ends of said walls and leaving an annular match chamber between end of said chamber the combination with outer and inner walls having registering perforations along one side, radial walls at opposite sides of the series of perforations, and a ring connecting the lower ends of said walls and leaving an annular match chamber between them; of a band around inside the open mouth of the outer wall and projecting above the same so as to produce a shoulder, a closure consisting of a tube-section adapted to surround the projecting end of said band, and a funnel whose larger upper end is connected with the upper end of said section and whose smaller lower end is slitted into spring fingers for the purpose described, its body when in place resting on the upper end of said inner wall, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a match safe of the class described, the combination with outer and inner walls having registering perforations along, one side, radial walls at opposite sides of the series of perforations, and. a ring connecting the lower ends of said walls and leaving an annular match chamber between them; of a band around inside the open mouth of the outer wall and projecting above the same so as to produce a shoulder, a closure consisting of a tube-section adapted to surround the projecting end of said band and a funnel whose larger upper end is connected with the upper end of said section and whose smaller lower end is slitted into spring fingers for the purpose described, its body when in place resting on the upper end of said inner wall, and a cover for said closure movably connected at one side to the upper end of said funnel and detachably connected at the other side to the opposite side of the funnel, the cover being bodily removable with the closure.

4e. A match safe of the class described comprising outer and inner walls forming an annular match-chamber between them, a lower end wall closing said chamber, asbestos lining within the bore of the inner wall, both walls being perforated along one side, radial walls connecting the walls on opposite sides of said perforations, and a closure for the upper end of the device including a tube section adapted ,to detachably engage the upper end of the outer wall and a funnel carried by said tube section and adapted to rest on the upper end of the inner wall, the mouth of the funnel being slitted into fingers, for the purpose set forth.

5. A match safe of the class described comprising outer and inner walls forming an annular chamber between them, asbsetos lining within the bore of the inner wall, both walls being perforated along one side, and a closure for the upper end of the device ineluding a tube section adapted to detaehably my hand in presence of two subscribing Witengage the upper end of the outer Wall and. nesses. a funnel carried by said tube section and adapted to rest on the upper end of the in- JOSEPH MAST ner Wall, the mouth of the funnel being Witnesses: slitted into fingers, for the purpose set forth. ED. MoI TosH, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set P. T. GANNON.

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